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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: (KJV)
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said
Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)
Meaning: to say
Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 1
הַנָּחָ֖שׁha.na.Chashthe snake
Lemma: נָחָשׁ (na.chash) · Strong's: H5175
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: serpent
Used 31 times. Also: Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:13, Genesis 3:14, Genesis 49:17, Exodus 4:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5175; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 2
אֶל\־'el-to
Lemma: אֶל (el) · Strong's: H0413
Parsing: Preposition (HR)
Meaning: to(wards)
Used 5509 times. Also: Genesis 1:9, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:22, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0413; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 3
הָֽאִשָּׁ֑הha.'i.Shahthe woman
Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: woman
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 4
לֹֽא\־lo'-not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 5
מ֖וֹתMotcertainly <to die>
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Absolute (HVqaa)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 6
תְּמֻתֽוּן\׃te.mu.Tunyou will die !
Lemma: מוּת (mut) · Strong's: H4191
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)
Meaning: to die
Used 837 times. Also: Genesis 2:17, Genesis 3:3, Genesis 5:5, Genesis 5:8, Genesis 5:11, Genesis 5:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4191; TAHOT Genesis 3:4 word 7
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| You will not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| surely die | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| . . . | → | מוּת H4191 to die |
| the serpent | → | נָחָשׁ H5175 serpent |
| told | → | אָמַר H0559 to say |
| . . . | → | אֶל H0413 to(wards) |
| the woman | → | אִשָּׁה H0802G woman |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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